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costs in medicare. we have a number of things we can do. we have to be very careful as senator rockefeller was saying yesterday, we have -- have you medicaid and medicare two very important programs and a lot of people, that's all they have that's medicare and social security, that's it. on the one hand, are you saying people say, okay, let's tax those -- the upper earners, but let's take something away from people who have nothing. so that's not a fair exchange. we have to be very careful when looking at those programs. >> you can't just tax upper earners. you maybe everybody give up something at some point. >> yeah, but it's hard to give up something when you don't have anything, and that's the point. so we've got a -- on the one end, people are trying to survive. say, for example, medicaid, medicare, but on the other hand, people making millions and up until this point, not asked to pay one penny more. that's not a fair exchange and i think our country is better than that. i really do. we lift up tho
costs in medicare. we have a number of things we can do. we have to be very careful as senator rockefeller was saying yesterday, we have -- have you medicaid and medicare two very important programs and a lot of people, that's all they have that's medicare and social security, that's it. on the one hand, are you saying people say, okay, let's tax those -- the upper earners, but let's take something away from people who have nothing. so that's not a fair exchange. we have to be very careful when...
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was taken out of medicare to begin obama care. so right there, you know, from a management standpoint, why would you reduce money from something that's going broke? the other thing that we need to understand is that tax rates are going up on january 1 within obama care. so we're talking about almost a trillion dollars of increases in taxes and fees. >> let's not talk about the democrats for a moment. let's not even talk about what the president's put on the table. let's talk about the republicans. give me specific cuts that republicans would be behind. because we're really short on specifics from the gop. lay out for me, here's what we're willing to cut in terms of entitlements. put it on the table. >> look, there's been a plan in terms of indexing the increases. we are going to have to find a way to reduce the gap between how much medicare costs per person and how much we pay. because it's not going to last. it's going to go broke. >> so let me bring in nan for a second, then. forgive me for cutting you off. tick off for me. as y
was taken out of medicare to begin obama care. so right there, you know, from a management standpoint, why would you reduce money from something that's going broke? the other thing that we need to understand is that tax rates are going up on january 1 within obama care. so we're talking about almost a trillion dollars of increases in taxes and fees. >> let's not talk about the democrats for a moment. let's not even talk about what the president's put on the table. let's talk about the...
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like all standardized medicare supplement plans, it helps cover some of what medicare doesn't pay. to find out more, call today. anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yeah. one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. approved! [ female announcer ] live the regular life. phillips'. who have used androgel 1%, there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with...
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the medicare doc fix expires, that means a 27% cut in physician payments. the alternative minimum tax expands to 27 million more americans and obama care taxes hit, meaning a 0.9% jump in the medicare payroll tax for those earning $200,000 or more. but what about the house of representatives? they left town after republicans failed to bring a vote on their own plan b last week. ohio republican congressman steve latourette seems kpas rat -- kpas rated about all of this. you're on your way out and you repudiated the norquist pledge which you signed back in 1994. tell me why? >> well, i repudiated it because, listen, it's not 1994 anymore. the world has moved on. we have the euro, we've had september 11th, a lot of things have happened. and quite frankly, this calls for a big solution. it calls for a solution that nobody yet has proposed seriously and that is everything needs to be on the table. that means revenues, it means spending cuts, it means entitlement reform. until somebody actually acts on what everybody in this town knows what needs to be done, this
the medicare doc fix expires, that means a 27% cut in physician payments. the alternative minimum tax expands to 27 million more americans and obama care taxes hit, meaning a 0.9% jump in the medicare payroll tax for those earning $200,000 or more. but what about the house of representatives? they left town after republicans failed to bring a vote on their own plan b last week. ohio republican congressman steve latourette seems kpas rat -- kpas rated about all of this. you're on your way out...
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why can't we do it for medicare? that would be a big savings to the medicare program. >> big savings to that program, not a ton of money, though, to knock down your $1.3 trillion debt. margaret? >> helpful you're hearing democrats talk about are there ways of adjusting these entitlement programs? you're talking about medicare eligibility, negotiating with drug companies. that's honestly going to come up either now or later. either in the debt ceiling negotiations in february or now. better to take care of it now rather than have another fight when you're trying to do immigration. >> congresswoman judy chu, my apologies. nice to have you with us. we always appreciate when you come to talk with us. thank you. >> thank you. >> at the bottom of the hour, we'll talk to republican congress members, connie and mary bono mack, politics to the macks, get it? >>> we may learn as early as today the identity of the elite navy s.e.a.l. who died rescuing an american doctor abducted and held hostage in afghanistan. we do know he wa
why can't we do it for medicare? that would be a big savings to the medicare program. >> big savings to that program, not a ton of money, though, to knock down your $1.3 trillion debt. margaret? >> helpful you're hearing democrats talk about are there ways of adjusting these entitlement programs? you're talking about medicare eligibility, negotiating with drug companies. that's honestly going to come up either now or later. either in the debt ceiling negotiations in february or now....
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we will not negotiate the end of medicare and social security. we will talk with the republicans to see if we can find the kinds of reforms that will keep these programs solvent and structurally healthy, but not ask seniors the first to sacrifice the most, which is the republican playbook up to now. >> as weeks of pain go by, and i feel like we've been in the middle of the pain a little bit now political pressure might grow so heavy, that whatever mix of tax increases and tax cuts and spending that he wishes, headline is obama must learn to negotiate. do you think that's true? that basically if you get closer and closer to the deadline, that the president can do whatever he wants? he holds the cards. >> i don't think that's true. the president has never waivered from what he said from when the republicans first brought us to the cliff. the first debate for the debt ceiling. he wants a plan big, bold, balanced. we were ready to sign on the dotted line a year ago. the problem was, it was a mix of spending cuts and tax increases on the wealthy and t
we will not negotiate the end of medicare and social security. we will talk with the republicans to see if we can find the kinds of reforms that will keep these programs solvent and structurally healthy, but not ask seniors the first to sacrifice the most, which is the republican playbook up to now. >> as weeks of pain go by, and i feel like we've been in the middle of the pain a little bit now political pressure might grow so heavy, that whatever mix of tax increases and tax cuts and...
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covered by 90% of insurance plans, including medicare. find your co-pay at myflexpen.com. >>> morning. welcome back, everybody. you're watching "starting point." in just a few moments, we'll be talking to an outgoing west point cadet. his name is lieutenant blake page. he's dropping out, leaving just months before he would graduate, because he says he's being discriminated against because he's nonreligious. we'll also talk with michael winestein, with the military religious freedom foundation. a fiscal cliff, an update, we're nowhere near a deal, but there may be a smidge of movement in the debate. if an agreement isn't reached in 26 days, we go over the cliff or some people describe it as a gentle slope but basically what happens, there are crippling tax hikes and sweeping spending cuts that will go into effect on the first of the new year. the president and the house speaker john boehner finally spoke yesterday by phone. they have both agreed to keep the details of the discussion under wraps. they're both standing firm on the tax hike,
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and accusing the president of not being specific about spending cuts and entitlement reforms, reform medicare, medicaid and social security. >> so let me ask you a question about this report that we're hearing that the obama administration might be looking at a republican to succeed the defense secretary, leon panetta. who is on that list at this point? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. this is former nebraska senator chuck hagel, a republican. so this is pretty interesting. we know, according to sources knowledgeable of the situation, that president obama and vice president joe biden have met with hagel and he's, of course, is someone who's familiar to the president. yes, he's a republican but some republican mace take issue with this nomination because in 2008 he actually sort of switched sides, if you will, a little bit and endorsed president obama. he also traveled with him to iraq and afghanistan. so they have that relationship as well as the vice president's relationship with hagel in the senate. it's sort of fascinating, though, because bob gates, as you know, was a republican. and so i
and accusing the president of not being specific about spending cuts and entitlement reforms, reform medicare, medicaid and social security. >> so let me ask you a question about this report that we're hearing that the obama administration might be looking at a republican to succeed the defense secretary, leon panetta. who is on that list at this point? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. this is former nebraska senator chuck hagel, a republican. so this is pretty interesting. we know,...
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just go on polling, right, but polling is also -- you ask people what should be cut, 79% say don't cut medicare at all and i think that lots of things, democrats and republicans have said, that is on the table too. you don't always necessarily follow the polls when you listen to the president who was on bloomberg yesterday, here's what he said about meeting with speaker boehner. let's play that. >> speaker boehner was here at the white house last night for a christmas party. the two of you didn't even speak. what's it going to take to get the two of you in a room to hash this out? >> well, speaker boehner and i speak frequently and, you know, i think the issue -- >> when will the two of you sit down in a room? >> you know, i don't think that the issue right now has do with sitting in a room. >> so, essentially stephanie, is the scenario this, the tax cuts will expire so the tax cuts -- the taxes are going to go up on everybody, right? the fiscal cliff, you go over the cliff, the taxes go up for every single person. is the plan then if you do a deal for taxes on the middle class, then de facto t
just go on polling, right, but polling is also -- you ask people what should be cut, 79% say don't cut medicare at all and i think that lots of things, democrats and republicans have said, that is on the table too. you don't always necessarily follow the polls when you listen to the president who was on bloomberg yesterday, here's what he said about meeting with speaker boehner. let's play that. >> speaker boehner was here at the white house last night for a christmas party. the two of...
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if the president got all the revenue he asked for we would still have terrific problems with medicare, medicaid and long term social security. these are minor adjustments. they're things people will hardly notice. they add up over a decade to a lot of money. will he take some political heat? sure. i think everybody's going to take political heat on all sides of this. i'm frankly to see that idea on the table. happy to see the administration entertaining it. >> congressman cole talking with us this morning. thank you, sir, for your time. we appreciate it. >>> john berman's got a look at other stories making news today. >> another day of grief filled good-byes in newtown, connecticut. sandy hook schoolteacher vicky soto is being laid to rest along with three of the littlest victims, daniel barden, carlin pri veidi and charlotte bacon. jack pinto's parents met with their son's idol, giants wide receiver victor cruz. >>> the newtown tragedy sparking a gun control push from the white house. president obama has tapped vice president biden to head it. the president will deliver a statement a
if the president got all the revenue he asked for we would still have terrific problems with medicare, medicaid and long term social security. these are minor adjustments. they're things people will hardly notice. they add up over a decade to a lot of money. will he take some political heat? sure. i think everybody's going to take political heat on all sides of this. i'm frankly to see that idea on the table. happy to see the administration entertaining it. >> congressman cole talking...
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their heads when you attack big government in the abstract, but they strongly support social security, medicare and even medicaid. and he's talking about his framing of the gop. part of the problem, americans have a sense against big government, but when it comes to big government, people don't want to cut those things of what they think are part of what americans deserve to have. >> i put the blame on that squarely on the political leadership in washington. i think the country is hungry and would response to someone how you fix the whole problem. these are the pieces that you need to put together to get us out of this mess. instead, focused on aspects of the thing, and about whether marginal tax rates should go up or not, and what ought to be done about entitlements in the short term. people respond and will respond in this country, always have responded to someone who honestly tells them what the situation is and has a real proposal, not political in nature. shared sacrifice that solves the problem. we ought to try that. >>> dave wels of "the wall street journal" writes about the risk of cutt
their heads when you attack big government in the abstract, but they strongly support social security, medicare and even medicaid. and he's talking about his framing of the gop. part of the problem, americans have a sense against big government, but when it comes to big government, people don't want to cut those things of what they think are part of what americans deserve to have. >> i put the blame on that squarely on the political leadership in washington. i think the country is hungry...